- It was yet another nice bright sunny day, temps ranged from almost 40°F
to 25°F as the sun started to descend
- We chose to hike up to the easier White Rock Mtn then descend the steepest sections.
- Just south of the WR summit, we found a nice sunny ledge and took a long lunch-stop.
- Just below that ledge, there was a nice short little snow slope to play on.
- Even Kim tried glissading :p
- The trail up the summit cone of Mt. Hunger was pretty icy - we really should have had crampons.
- We met a large group on their way down.
- I thought we were going to have a rescue on our hands.
- The first guy in the group decided to slide down the steepest iciest part of the slope.
- He almost impaled himself on a tree, then almost dumped himself down an even steeper slope
when the trail turned.
- He was being pretty stupid.
- I convinced the rest of the group to walk down in the softer snow off to the side.
- The summit views were incredible.
- Mt Washington and Mt Moosilauke the east. All of VT's 4000'ers to the west and south.
- The only thing we didn't like about the summit was all the ATV tracks covering the *whole* summit -
even right next the signs asking hikers to stay on the rocks in this fragile alpine environment. Some people are so stupid.
- The hike down the east side of the summit cone was steep, icy and a little exposed.
- We all missed my crampons (everyone always borrows mine).
- We had a nice uneventful hike out form there.
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